1. Islam in the African American Experience
The next chapter in the book is titled "Pan-Africanism and the New American Islam: Edward Wilmot Blyden and Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb". ... The author makes it known that he believes that Pan-Africanism bridged the gap between "old Islam" and "new Islam" in America. Turner begins his discussion by detailing the life and beliefs of Edward Blyden, the so-called "father of Pan-Africanism." ... The most important aspect of the section on Blyden is the answering of two questions: " how and why Blyden linked Islam to Pan-Africanism, and how and why Pan-Africanism became the major political...
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